MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. / I 



DONCASXER HORTICULTURAL MEETING. 



The Doncaster, Bawtry, and Retford Horticultural Society held their first 

 Meetiug, for the exhibition of Flowers, &c., at Bawtry, on April 11th. Con- 

 sidering the early season of the year, the show was very splendid, and the 

 productions exhibited reflected the highest credit on the skill and industry of 

 the growers. 



PRIZES WERE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS : — 



Best Exotic plant — Arum bulbocodium, Dowager Lady Galway. 

 Best Greenhouse plant— Acacia armata, Dowager Lady Galway. 

 Best Pelargonium— Echinatiiin, Dowager Lady Galway. 

 Best Camellia— Warrattah, Mr. I'. K. Short. 

 Best Erica— Erica arborea, H. B. Simpson, Esq. 

 Best Rose— Common cabbage, H. B. Simpson, Esq. 

 Best Hyacinth — Mr. King. 

 Best Pink— Forced, H. B. Simpson, Esq. 

 Best Azalea — indica alba; H. Kirk, Esq. 

 Best Kalmia— angustifolia, H. B. Simpson, Esq. 

 Best Hardy Shrub— Menziesia cjerulea, Mr. Appleby. 

 Best Herbaceous plant— Scilla bifblia rubra, Mr. Crowder. 

 Best Exotic Bouquet— Dowager Lady Galway. 

 Best Hardy Bouquet — Mr. T. K. Short. 

 Best Basket of Flowers— Mr. T. K. Short. 



The following kinds of plants were exhibited amongst many others:— Acacia 

 floribunda, Bletia Tankervilte. 2. Rhododendron pont'icum, Kalmia angusti- 

 folia, and a pot of very fine Cyclamens, from H. B. Simpson, Esq. Sparmannia 

 africana, Ixia lutea, Azalea indica, alba, Cactus speciosa, and many others 

 from Dowager Lady Galway. Ixia polystachia violace», Arbutus audrachne, 

 Jasminium revolotom, Cactus speciosissimus with ripe fruits, from T. K. 

 Short, Esq. 



The particulars of Fruits and Vegetables will be given in No. I. of our 

 Gardener and Forester's Record, on June 1st. 



The following individuals were elected Honorary Members, viz. Joseph 

 Sabine, Esq., J. C. Loudon, Esq., Mr. Joseph Harrison, Mr. John Wilson, 

 Mr. Joseph Paxton, Mr. J. Stones, and Mr. Smith, Curator of the Hull Botanic 

 Garden. — Doncaslcr Gazette. 



MONTHLY FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR. 



Annual Flower Seeds, whether tender or hardy kinds, may still be sown ; 

 such will flower in perfection late in summer and autumn. (See page 43.) 



AiRiciLAS, (see page 47.) 



Biennials, seeds of, should be sown, in order to obtain strong plants for 

 blooming next year. Such sorts as Sweet William, Hollyoaks, Scabiouses, &c. 



Carnations, (see page 23.) 



China Rose Cuttings, (see page 48.) 



CnBVSANTiiEMUMS, Indian; oH'sets aud cuttings should now be put off; 

 striking them in rich soil, and in heat. 



Cuttings, oftsets, and slips, of many kinds, of quick growing Greenhouse 

 plants intended for open borders, may still be struck ; such sorts as Heliotro- 

 pium«. Calceolarias, &c. &.c. (See pages 28 and 38.) 



DAin.lAN, (see pages 3 and 22.) 



Ebicas, (sec page 48.) 



GitEENHOrsK Planis, as Fuchsias, Salvias, Maurandias, Lophospermum, 

 Calceolarias, Pelarnouiums, &.C. &c., may be planted out in the optn borders 

 towards the end of llie month. (See page 38.) 



HoiLVOAH, may be parted early iu the month. 



